Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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Notified | Admitted to Rush Green Hospital | Admitted to other isolation Hospitals | Admitted to Other Hospitals | |
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Acute Encephalitis:- | ||||
Infective | - | - | - | - |
Post Infectious | - | - | - | - |
Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - |
Typhoid Fever | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Food Poisoning | 24 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
Infective Jaundice | 191 | 5 | 9 | 4 |
Smallpox | - | - | - | - |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | - | - | - |
Malaria | - | - | - | - |
Yellow Fever | - | - | - | - |
Measles | 207 | 8 | - | - |
Whooping Cough | 12 | 2 | - | - |
Dysentery | 44 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
Scarlet Fever | 61 | - | - | - |
Diphtheria | - | - | - | - |
Acute Meningitis | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Acute Poliomyelitis:- | ||||
Paralytic | - | - | - | - |
Non-paralytic | — | — | — | - |
Food Poisoning
The following is a copy of the annual return submitted to the Department of Health and Social Security:-
Causative Agent | General Outbreaks | Family Outbreaks | Sporadic Cases | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. of separate outbreaks | No. of cases notified or ascertained | No. of separate outbreaks | Mo. of cases notified or ascertained | Notified or ascertained | |
S. typhimurium | - | - | - | - | 5 |
Other salmonellae | - | - | - | - | - |
Cl. welchii | - | 16 | - | - | - |
Staph. aureus | - | - | - | - | - |
Other causes | - | - | - | - | - |
Cause unknown | - | - | - | - | - |
Total | - | 16 | - | - | 5 |
General Information on Food Poisoning
The 16 cases of Cl. Welchii type A were identified in a portion of cooked
steak from a canteen meal.
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